Mumbai Police lauds Virat Kohli for ‘overspeeding’ with the bat

The Mumbai Police has a knack of coming up with unique cricketing analogies for its civic lessons and it did again on Wednesday after Indian captain Virat Kohli became the latest entrant to the elite 10,000-runs club in ODIs while batting in the second of the five ODIs against the Windies. The Maximum City cops praised Kohli for his phenomenal form but in a unique way.

Kohli became the fifth Indian and 13th overall batsman to score 10,000 runs in the 50-over format though he did it much faster than anybody else. He broke the record of his compatriot Sachin Tendulkar who completed his 10,000th ODI run (also the first on the planet to do so) in 266 matches and 259 innings. Kohli made it in just 213 matches and 205 innings. In the process, he also slammed his 37th ODI hundred, which took him a spot closer to Tendulkar who has 49 to his credit.

Mumbai Police happy with Kohli’s ‘overspeeding’

The Mumbai Police, like the rest of the Twitterati, came up with a tweet lauding Kohli’s efforts and said it would not hand any “over-speeding challan” to the batsman but would only praise him and wish for more runs. It can be mentioned here that Kohli, who will turn 30 on November 5, took just 11 innings to reach 10,000 from 9,000 runs in the ODIs.

No over-speeding challan here, just accolades & best wishes for more @imVkohli ! Many congratulations on your amazing feat! pic.twitter.com/JOytK0YfK2

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) October 24, 2018

Kohli slammed his second consecutive hundred of the series in Visakhapatnam although India failed to win the game despite scoring 321 runs in 50 overs. The Caribbeans chased well only to falter in the death overs and the game ended in a tie.

Kohli (157 not out) completed his 10,000th run when on 81 and was chosen the Man of the Match for the second consecutive game. At the time of making history, Kohli was accompanied in the middle by his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, also the owner of 10,000 runs in this format. India lead the series 1-0 with the third game to be played in Pune on October 27.

The Mumbai Police in the past has come up with funny tweets to make people aware of rules with an analogy with cricket. During the Asia Cup last month, it asked people not to cross the line, just as the Indian bowlers would want their balls not to.

Indian bowlers will tell the ball today, what we tell you everyday- Don’t cross the line! #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/hXr99mRma1

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) September 19, 2018